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Edited by
Dragoness
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Hatred and Stupidity ... But I Repeat Myself
Saturday 04 September 2010 by: William Rivers Pitt, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed photo (Image: Lance Page / t r u t h o u t; Adapted: Chris S., Gage Skidmore) 2010 is shaping up to be the Year of the Hate Crime in America, thanks in large part to right-bent Republicans and their Tea Party allies who have nothing to run on in the upcoming midterms. Think about it; would you want to run for office as a Republican these days? Their dearest economic ideas gave us the current recession, their foreign policies resulted in a war we lost in Iraq and a war we're losing in Afghanistan, their environmental designs have resulted in yet another oil rig detonation in the Gulf of Mexico, a great many of their supporters don't believe in dinosaurs because the Bible doesn't mention them, and their biggest national superstar is Sarah Palin, who by all appearances is so drastically stupid that she couldn't figure out how to pour piss out of a boot if there were directions on the heel. So, yeah, not much to hang your hat on there. In the absence of anything substantive to give the American people, the right has gone home to their mothership: sowing discord, fear and hatred to distract people from the fact that, while Republicans are good at campaigning, they are walking cancer cells to the body politic if and when they actually win. This time around, the right's weapon of choice against this republic is spreading hatred and fear of Muslims and Islam. September 11 happened nine years ago, so it may seem an odd topic to harp on after so much time has passed, but the Cordoba House controversy gave them an opening and they ran right through it. Of course, it started before that, pretty much as soon as President Obama first threw his hat into the ring for the 2008 election. Once the right figured out his middle name was Hussein, it was hats over the windmill, and their incessant blather about his background and religion has finally begun to bear bloody fruit. Stay informed with free Truthout updates delivered straight to your email inbox. Click here to sign up. Wrap your mind around this: at this point, a majority of Republicans not only believe Mr. Obama to be a practicing Muslim, but believe his intention as president is to impose Sharia Law on America and the rest of the world. I'd like Gallup or Pew to do a special poll so as to determine exactly how many of those who believe these things were dropped on their heads when they were babies. I'd wager the number would pop close to 95%. Of course, the media's love for spectacle - no matter how deranged or dangerous it is - has motivated them to run these cretins and their theories across the sky with klieg lights, and just as the right hoped, it is all having the desired effect. There have been other effects, however, and deadly dangerous ones at that. Mosques have been firebombed. A Muslim cabdriver in New York City was savagely slashed by a man screaming anti-Islam epithets. A Sikh man was punched in a store for wearing a turban, even though he was as Muslim as a church steeple. The controversy over the Cordoba House project has inspired a rash of threats against the Imam in charge, the Muslims involved, and the building itself. In short, the right has basically stated that if the place gets built, they will shoot it up and/or burn it down. There is nothing whatsoever funny or pleasurable about this phenomenon. The people pushing this vile tactic are someday going to find themselves burning in a deep ring of Hell, and rightly so. Sometimes, though...oh yeah, sometimes the tables get turned, and the hatred and stupidity being peddled by the right is transmogrified into a special kind of justice. Street justice, to be sure, but justice nonetheless. There's a joint in West Haven, Connecticut, called the Fire and Ice Hookah Lounge. By all reports, it's a nifty little place; the theme is Middle Eastern, the hookah smoke is tasty, and the belly dancers are something to see indeed. Last Thursday, a fellow named Kevin Morris, also of West Haven, came ditty-bopping into Fire and Ice and staked his claim to first-ballot entry into the Dumbass Hall of Fame. Mr. Morris, it seems, decided that any place with hookahs and belly dancers must be a festering nest of Muslims, and decided to give the patrons what-for. According to news reports, he barged through the door and started screaming racist and anti-Muslim epithets at everyone there. The crowd didn't really react until Morris tried to throttle the bartender...at which point, the patrons rose up righteous and basically beat the ever-loving Jesus out of him. Morris' mug shot looks like his face went through a wheat thresher, and as of now, he remains in police custody. Hatred and stupidity, folks. When they ride in the same applecart, things can get truly dangerous. But sometimes, and only rarely, things can also get truly funny. Thank you, Mr. Morris. http://www.truth-out.org/hatred-and-stupiditybut-i-repeat-myself62916 I know every level headed, intelligent person in this country is wondering what the hell is going on with the right wing and Republicans. We elect a black president and they implode. As long as there are enough level heads to make sure that they do not win in the next or any other elections, we can say maybe they are almost harmless????? 
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sad,,and I witness it right here in these forums
whats scariest is these types actually BELIEVE they are sane and intelligent,,,,,,denial at its most frightening |
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Locked and oh so loaded
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Ever stop and think? Dems. Vs. Repb. Black Vs. White etc etc Its the new world. And with topics like this is fueling the fire.
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sad,,and I witness it right here in these forums whats scariest is these types actually BELIEVE they are sane and intelligent,,,,,,denial at its most frightening 
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Hatred and Stupidity ... But I Repeat Myself Yeah, you seem to do that alot. |
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sad,,and I witness it right here in these forums whats scariest is these types actually BELIEVE they are sane and intelligent,,,,,,denial at its most frightening are you talking about the left wingers? |
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I'm afraid to think of what it might take to unite us at this point in the game. Anything short of certain annihilation from a killer asteroid seems doubtful, and even then I kind of think there would be still be folks at each others throats right up to the last second.
Under the skin we're all the same so these are indeed scary times... I worry for my grandchildren... |
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I'm afraid to think of what it might take to unite us at this point in the game. Anything short of certain annihilation from a killer asteroid seems doubtful, and even then I kind of think there would be still be folks at each others throats right up to the last second. Under the skin we're all the same so these are indeed scary times... I worry for my grandchildren... I hear that. |
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I'm afraid to think of what it might take to unite us at this point in the game. Anything short of certain annihilation from a killer asteroid seems doubtful, and even then I kind of think there would be still be folks at each others throats right up to the last second. Under the skin we're all the same so these are indeed scary times... I worry for my grandchildren... Me too. |
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Hatred and Stupidity ... But I Repeat Myself Saturday 04 September 2010 by: William Rivers Pitt, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed photo (Image: Lance Page / t r u t h o u t; Adapted: Chris S., Gage Skidmore) 2010 is shaping up to be the Year of the Hate Crime in America, thanks in large part to right-bent Republicans and their Tea Party allies who have nothing to run on in the upcoming midterms. Think about it; would you want to run for office as a Republican these days? Their dearest economic ideas gave us the current recession, their foreign policies resulted in a war we lost in Iraq and a war we're losing in Afghanistan, their environmental designs have resulted in yet another oil rig detonation in the Gulf of Mexico, a great many of their supporters don't believe in dinosaurs because the Bible doesn't mention them, and their biggest national superstar is Sarah Palin, who by all appearances is so drastically stupid that she couldn't figure out how to pour piss out of a boot if there were directions on the heel. So, yeah, not much to hang your hat on there. In the absence of anything substantive to give the American people, the right has gone home to their mothership: sowing discord, fear and hatred to distract people from the fact that, while Republicans are good at campaigning, they are walking cancer cells to the body politic if and when they actually win. This time around, the right's weapon of choice against this republic is spreading hatred and fear of Muslims and Islam. September 11 happened nine years ago, so it may seem an odd topic to harp on after so much time has passed, but the Cordoba House controversy gave them an opening and they ran right through it. Of course, it started before that, pretty much as soon as President Obama first threw his hat into the ring for the 2008 election. Once the right figured out his middle name was Hussein, it was hats over the windmill, and their incessant blather about his background and religion has finally begun to bear bloody fruit. Stay informed with free Truthout updates delivered straight to your email inbox. Click here to sign up. Wrap your mind around this: at this point, a majority of Republicans not only believe Mr. Obama to be a practicing Muslim, but believe his intention as president is to impose Sharia Law on America and the rest of the world. I'd like Gallup or Pew to do a special poll so as to determine exactly how many of those who believe these things were dropped on their heads when they were babies. I'd wager the number would pop close to 95%. Of course, the media's love for spectacle - no matter how deranged or dangerous it is - has motivated them to run these cretins and their theories across the sky with klieg lights, and just as the right hoped, it is all having the desired effect. There have been other effects, however, and deadly dangerous ones at that. Mosques have been firebombed. A Muslim cabdriver in New York City was savagely slashed by a man screaming anti-Islam epithets. A Sikh man was punched in a store for wearing a turban, even though he was as Muslim as a church steeple. The controversy over the Cordoba House project has inspired a rash of threats against the Imam in charge, the Muslims involved, and the building itself. In short, the right has basically stated that if the place gets built, they will shoot it up and/or burn it down. There is nothing whatsoever funny or pleasurable about this phenomenon. The people pushing this vile tactic are someday going to find themselves burning in a deep ring of Hell, and rightly so. Sometimes, though...oh yeah, sometimes the tables get turned, and the hatred and stupidity being peddled by the right is transmogrified into a special kind of justice. Street justice, to be sure, but justice nonetheless. There's a joint in West Haven, Connecticut, called the Fire and Ice Hookah Lounge. By all reports, it's a nifty little place; the theme is Middle Eastern, the hookah smoke is tasty, and the belly dancers are something to see indeed. Last Thursday, a fellow named Kevin Morris, also of West Haven, came ditty-bopping into Fire and Ice and staked his claim to first-ballot entry into the Dumbass Hall of Fame. Mr. Morris, it seems, decided that any place with hookahs and belly dancers must be a festering nest of Muslims, and decided to give the patrons what-for. According to news reports, he barged through the door and started screaming racist and anti-Muslim epithets at everyone there. The crowd didn't really react until Morris tried to throttle the bartender...at which point, the patrons rose up righteous and basically beat the ever-loving Jesus out of him. Morris' mug shot looks like his face went through a wheat thresher, and as of now, he remains in police custody. Hatred and stupidity, folks. When they ride in the same applecart, things can get truly dangerous. But sometimes, and only rarely, things can also get truly funny. Thank you, Mr. Morris. http://www.truth-out.org/hatred-and-stupiditybut-i-repeat-myself62916 I know every level headed, intelligent person in this country is wondering what the hell is going on with the right wing and Republicans. We elect a black president and they implode. As long as there are enough level heads to make sure that they do not win in the next or any other elections, we can say maybe they are almost harmless?????
That dude nailed it... 
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" ... Hatred and Stupidity ... But I Repeat Myself ... " Yeah, but it's par for the course ... |
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Edited by
AllenAqua
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Sat 09/04/10 07:35 PM
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"transmogrified"
Sums it all up, I'd say... Cool new word ! (at least for me) |
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"transmogrified" Sums it all up, I'd say... Cool new word ! (at least for me) Actually, 'Calvin & Hobbes' beat y' to it ... |
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Edited by
MiddleEarthling
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Sat 09/04/10 08:16 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIwSqnSJvVU
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Myopeon (at least I've been published...lol) |
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I'm afraid to think of what it might take to unite us at this point in the game. Anything short of certain annihilation from a killer asteroid seems doubtful, and even then I kind of think there would be still be folks at each others throats right up to the last second. Under the skin we're all the same so these are indeed scary times... I worry for my grandchildren... I say let hatred flow freely!! Why does it have to be only the left that gets to hate everybody and spew hatred against everything thats good?? We need equality!! |
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I'm afraid to think of what it might take to unite us at this point in the game. Anything short of certain annihilation from a killer asteroid seems doubtful, and even then I kind of think there would be still be folks at each others throats right up to the last second. Under the skin we're all the same so these are indeed scary times... I worry for my grandchildren... I say let hatred flow freely!! Why does it have to be only the left that gets to hate everybody and spew hatred against everything thats good?? We need equality!! I'll remember you said that when it's your throat that's in certain peril... I'll remember it, and I'll still feel compassion for you anyways... |
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My throat wont be in perill....because I wont let "them" trample all over me and my rights like the leftists will.
They will freely give up their rights to appease those people, and try to show them how generous and tolerant they are....meanwhile, THEY will be the ones getting killed for it!! LOL. |
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There's nothing wrong with generosity or tolerance. These are virtues, not aberrations.
There's a lot wrong with spewing hate in any form. |
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